In 2004, Wayne Ferreira established an all-time men's record with 56 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments played.

Here are players who have not missed a Grand Slam tournament in the past 20 Slams (or better):

Player--Number--Streak Started
Roger Federer--47---2000 Australian Open
Feliciano Lopez--38--2002 Roland Garros
David Ferrer--35--2003 Australian Open
Fernando Verdasco--33--2003 Wimbledon
Tomas Berdych--32--2003 U.S. Open
Albert Montanes--30--2004 Wimbledon
Philipp Kohlschreiber--28--2004 U.S. Open
Nicolas Almagro--27--2005 Australian Open
Novak Djokovic--27--2005 Australian Open
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez--27--2005 Australian Open
Stanislas Wawrinka--26--2005 Roland Garros

Tommy Robredo--41--2001 Australian Open Streak ended RG 2011

Federer will need to play through the 2014 Australian Open to better Ferreira's record.

In 2008, Ai Sugiyama established an all-time record (among men & women) with 62 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments played.

In 2008, Fabrice Santoro established an all-time men's record for total Grand Slam tournaments played (70 as of Australian Open 2010).

Here are the (male) players with the most Grand Slam tournaments played in the Open Era:

In 2006, Amy Frazier established an all-time record (among men & women) with 71 total Grand Slam tournaments played.

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Federer - Emperor of the Slams, King of Hard, Lord of the Australian Open, Lord of Wimbledon.

Sunset of AgeShe's MY Miss MTFSweet, Sassy, Sophisticated

"Love has nothing to do with what you're expecting to get, only what you're expecting to give - which is everything. What you receive in return varies, but that really has no connection with why you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving." - K. Hepburn.

There are 7 remaining. Who would have thought that it would be Ivan ranked number 2?

Crazy Ivan is now the only seed.

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Federer - Emperor of the Slams, King of Hard, Lord of the Australian Open, Lord of Wimbledon.

Sunset of AgeShe's MY Miss MTFSweet, Sassy, Sophisticated

"Love has nothing to do with what you're expecting to get, only what you're expecting to give - which is everything. What you receive in return varies, but that really has no connection with why you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving." - K. Hepburn.

Roger Federer--50---2000 Australian Open
Feliciano Lopez--41--2002 Roland Garros
David Ferrer--39--2003 Australian Open
Fernando Verdasco--36--2003 Wimbledon
Tomas Berdych--35--2003 U.S. Open
Albert Montanes--32--2004 Wimbledon
Philipp Kohlschreiber--31--2004 U.S. Open
Nicolas Almagro--30--2005 Australian Open
Novak Djokovic--30--2005 Australian Open
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez--30--2005 Australian Open
Stanislas Wawrinka--29--2005 Roland Garros

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Federer - Emperor of the Slams, King of Hard, Lord of the Australian Open, Lord of Wimbledon.

Sunset of AgeShe's MY Miss MTFSweet, Sassy, Sophisticated

"Love has nothing to do with what you're expecting to get, only what you're expecting to give - which is everything. What you receive in return varies, but that really has no connection with why you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving." - K. Hepburn.